{"id":9512,"date":"2024-10-12T20:55:00","date_gmt":"2024-10-12T20:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/resemedicin.se\/reseradet\/?page_id=9512"},"modified":"2025-06-09T06:57:49","modified_gmt":"2025-06-09T05:57:49","slug":"malariaprofylax-med-meflokin","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/resemedicin.se\/friskparesan\/reserad-2\/malariaprofylax-med-meflokin\/","title":{"rendered":"Malariaprofylax med Lariam\u00ae"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Information till resen\u00e4rer<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-white-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-5dd4496f1b33817308cfa533df005f8f\" style=\"background-color:#2b7c08\">Vad \u00e4r malaria?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Malaria \u00e4r en allvarlig infektionssjukdom som sprids via myggor i vissa delar av v\u00e4rlden, s\u00e4rskilt i Afrika s\u00f6der om Sahara, delar av Asien, Sydamerika och Oceanien. Sjukdomen orsakas av parasiter som \u00f6verf\u00f6rs till blodet via myggstick. Symtomen liknar influensa, med feber, frossa, huvudv\u00e4rk, muskelv\u00e4rk och i vissa fall kr\u00e4kningar eller diarr\u00e9. Malaria kan snabbt bli livshotande om den inte behandlas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-white-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-547182ab44c14645316329a94fe4c425\" style=\"background-color:#2b7c08\">Vad \u00e4r doxycyklin<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Lariam\u00ae (meflokin) \u00e4r ett l\u00e4kemedel som anv\u00e4nds f\u00f6r att f\u00f6rebygga malaria. Det \u00e4r s\u00e4rskilt effektivt mot den allvarligaste formen orsakad av\u00a0<em>Plasmodium falciparum<\/em>. Det tas vanligen en g\u00e5ng i veckan och passar d\u00e4rf\u00f6r vissa resen\u00e4rer b\u00e4ttre \u00e4n daglig medicinering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-white-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-e2f99595732b52e019b6b66b498b440d\" style=\"background-color:#2b7c08\">Hur ska l\u00e4kemedlet tas?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>B\u00f6rja g\u00e4rna profylax redan\u00a0<strong>3 veckor f\u00f6re inresa<\/strong>\u00a0i malariaomr\u00e5de<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>(eventuella biverkningar m\u00e4rks oftast redan efter de f\u00f6rsta tre doserna och alternativ malariaprofylax kan i s\u00e5 fall ordnas). Avsluta profylax\u00a0<strong>fyra veckor efter utresa<\/strong>\u00a0fr\u00e5n malariaomr\u00e5de.\u00a0<br>Tabletten b\u00f6r tas p\u00e5 samma veckodag, g\u00e4rna med mat och ett glas vatten f\u00f6r att minska risken f\u00f6r magbesv\u00e4r.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dosering<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Vikt\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Antal tabletter<\/strong><br>5-9 kg\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a01\/4 tablett varannan vecka<br>10-14 kg\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a01\/4 tablett tv\u00e5 veckor av tre<br>15-22 kg\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a01\/4 tablett per vecka<br>23-37 kg\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a01\/2 tablett per vecka<br>38-50 kg\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a03\/4 tablett per vecka<br>>50 kg\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a01 tablett per vecka\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-white-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-22941ae792a88347ce1a80357081f453\" style=\"background-color:#2b7c08\">Vanliga biverkningar<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Lariam\u00ae\u00a0tolereras oftast v\u00e4l, men vissa kan f\u00e5 biverkningar, framf\u00f6r allt under de f\u00f6rsta veckorna:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Magbesv\u00e4r, yrsel eller huvudv\u00e4rk<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>S\u00f6mnsv\u00e5righeter, konstiga dr\u00f6mmar<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Oro, nedst\u00e4mdhet eller koncentrationssv\u00e5righeter<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mer s\u00e4llsynta men allvarligare biverkningar kan f\u00f6rekomma, s\u00e5som \u00e5ngest, hallucinationer eller depression.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Om du upplever psykiska symtom \u2013 avbryt medicinen och kontakta v\u00e5rden.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-white-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-5998ad95f8208e4eaf9395f2a5273b72\" style=\"background-color:#2b7c08\">Vem ska inte ta Lariam\u00ae<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Lariam\u00ae\u00a0ska inte anv\u00e4ndas om du:<br>Har en k\u00e4nd psykisk sjukdom eller tidigare haft depression, \u00e5ngestsyndrom eller psykos<br>Har epilepsi eller annan neurologisk sjukdom<br>\u00c4r allergisk mot\u00a0Lariam\u00ae\u00a0eller liknande \u00e4mnen<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-white-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-7db5db86abf57fc144875386f68edcdc\" style=\"background-color:#2b7c08\">Viktigt att t\u00e4nka p\u00e5<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Informera l\u00e4kare om du anv\u00e4nder andra l\u00e4kemedel, s\u00e4rskilt hj\u00e4rtmediciner eller l\u00e4kemedel som p\u00e5verkar nervsystemet.<br>Du b\u00f6r inte dyka eller k\u00f6ra bil om du f\u00e5r yrsel eller p\u00e5verkat omd\u00f6me av medicinen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-white-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-cfca11588595553f0d38cbba503f54c7\" style=\"background-color:#2b7c08\">Om du f\u00e5r feber trots profylax<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Ingen profylax ger 100 % skydd. Om du f\u00e5r feber under eller efter resa i malariaomr\u00e5de (upp till 3 m\u00e5nader efter hemkomst) \u2013\u00a0<strong>s\u00f6k v\u00e5rd snarast f\u00f6r utredning av malaria<\/strong>, \u00e4ven om du tagit medicinen som du ska.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:18px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/resemedicin.se\/reseradet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Information-om-meflokin.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dessa r\u00e5d f\u00f6r utskrift<\/a><br>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Information till resen\u00e4rer Vad \u00e4r malaria? Malaria \u00e4r en allvarlig infektionssjukdom som sprids via myggor i vissa delar av v\u00e4rlden, s\u00e4rskilt i Afrika s\u00f6der om Sahara, delar av Asien, Sydamerika och Oceanien. Sjukdomen orsakas av parasiter som \u00f6verf\u00f6rs till blodet via myggstick. Symtomen liknar influensa, med feber, frossa, huvudv\u00e4rk, muskelv\u00e4rk och i vissa fall kr\u00e4kningar &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/resemedicin.se\/friskparesan\/reserad-2\/malariaprofylax-med-meflokin\/\" class=\"more-link\">Forts\u00e4tt l\u00e4sa<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> \u201dMalariaprofylax med Lariam\u00ae\u201d<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":11267,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-9512","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/resemedicin.se\/friskparesan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9512","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/resemedicin.se\/friskparesan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/resemedicin.se\/friskparesan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/resemedicin.se\/friskparesan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/resemedicin.se\/friskparesan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9512"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/resemedicin.se\/friskparesan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9512\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12376,"href":"https:\/\/resemedicin.se\/friskparesan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9512\/revisions\/12376"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/resemedicin.se\/friskparesan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11267"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/resemedicin.se\/friskparesan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9512"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}